Unsolicited 'Friend' Requests

[sagefisher]

I see there is a thread about who does Facebook. I didn't want to post a negative response on that thread so I decided to place this on Sound Off as a new thread.

I do not do Facebook nor Twitter nor Yahoo 'friends' or whatever they call it. I just do email if I want to communicate and naturally I do FAOL.

Something that really irritates me about Facebook is that they send out unsolicited messages saying so and so has asked to be your friend.

Well some of those people are in fact my friends so I have contacted them, both by phone and by email, and told them why I was not doing Facebook, hence I would not sign up as a friend.

They were all surprised at my having received that notice because they had not sent out any requests for friends. But, they had also received messages saying the same thing.

Just last week Yahoo joined in the group of unsolicited messages. I received an email from Yahoo saying Henry Hoffman wanted me to join him as a friend. Well I am friends with Henry so I sent him an email saying I don't do that, I just do email. He wrote back saying he never sent out any requests for 'friends' on Yahoo.

I don't like being scammed and they are scamming us just to try to build up their list of people so they can sell more advertising space. That really irritates me.

Larry ---sagefisher---

[Sully]

I dont blame you Larry. I dont do any of that garbage either. People plaster their personal info all over the internet than act surprised when someone steals their ID...etc. Geeze!

If anyone wants to talk to me..they can email me or call me on the telephone..or let me know and I'll call THEM on the telephone ( unlimited long distance free)

[kbproctor]

This is a result of folks using their address book when they first sign up for one of these social networking sites to get started with adding friends or contacts.

Moral of the story? Add folks one by one so you don't irritate folks with the mass friend requests.

[Wes]

i do facebook and find it rather interesting. i choose people i friend not the other way around. Firefox and 2 addons control the ads, (NoScript and Adblock+). only java scripts and java that i allow run and no ads run. facebook settings control what notifications i recieve in facebook and email. only i can see my personal details. facebook settings are easy to use and very effective. if facebook were to change to the point that there's no control i'd leave. there's plenty of web sites to learn the facebook settings and if anyone decides to use this phenomenom i'd strongly suggest to read before joining. And use firefox and the 2 addons i mentioned above. one thing is for sure. if someone wants your data they'll get it, the best we can do and still manage fairly free use of the internet is to read, understand and use security best practices. ok off soapbox.

[kglissmeyer]

Larry, I'm with you. Does this mean that Ladyfishers current article on 'Dinosaurs' applies to us?

Kelly.

[kbproctor]

Larry, I'm with you. Does this mean that Ladyfishers current article on 'Dinosaurs' applies to us?

Kelly.

From one dinosaur to another, yes, Kelly, it does. Why, I bet most of the stuff on that list is newfangled to you guys!

[JohnScott]

Okay guys. I just have to ask - WHAT IS FACEBOOK ??

[LadyFisher]

Twitter, Tweet or Facebook. FAOL keeps me pretty busy

[nighthawk]

From one dinosaur to another, yes, Kelly, it does. Why, I bet most of the stuff on that list is newfangled to you guys!

I confess I am a dinosaur too:



I have a friend at work that keeps bugging me to join face book with her. I have told her repeatedly I do not do that kind of stuff. I don't hold with a lot of the views people post on their face book sites so in the interest of keeping them as friends I just don't go there.

I don't tweet or twitter either though my tail feathers are starting to droop a bit. Put me in something that flings it's wings and I will take you on the flight of your life though.

[SteveGibson]

I see there is a thread about who does Facebook. I didn't want to post a negative response on that thread so I decided to place this on Sound Off as a new thread.

I do not do Facebook nor Twitter nor Yahoo 'friends' or whatever they call it. I just do email if I want to communicate and naturally I do FAOL.

Something that really irritates me about Facebook is that they send out unsolicited messages saying so and so has asked to be your friend.

Well some of those people are in fact my friends so I have contacted them, both by phone and by email, and told them why I was not doing Facebook, hence I would not sign up as a friend.

They were all surprised at my having received that notice because they had not sent out any requests for friends. But, they had also received messages saying the same thing.

Just last week Yahoo joined in the group of unsolicited messages. I received an email from Yahoo saying Henry Hoffman wanted me to join him as a friend. Well I am friends with Henry so I sent him an email saying I don't do that, I just do email. He wrote back saying he never sent out any requests for 'friends' on Yahoo.

I don't like being scammed and they are scamming us just to try to build up their list of people so they can sell more advertising space. That really irritates me.

Larry ---sagefisher---

This hasn't happened to me, Larry. Who are "they?"
All you have to do is change your settings.